Broadleaved woodland near Monkton
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
54.96505, -1.49487
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 222m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 222m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Monkton Cycleway
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Stride out walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
147 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising SunMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route E - Silverlink Albert Edward DockMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route F - Wallsend DeneMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Harton Branch RouteMountain bike route▾
Marsden Quarry RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
4,986 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,986 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mallard +33
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Southern Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +3
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Harlequin Ladybird
Blackthorn · Common Knapweed · Wild Parsnip
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,986 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mallard +33
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Southern Hawker · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +3
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Harlequin Ladybird
Blackthorn · Common Knapweed · Wild Parsnip
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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